Release Date

27 May, 1962

Runtime

01:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and grief-stricken by the fact that Oshima committed suicide. Going underground in the gambling world, perpetually hiding from the law, Masa eventually meets a young woman named Onaka, who looks exactly like Oshima. Tales having two look-alike heroines are a commonplace in Japanese period films, a plot affectation inherited from the kabuki theater. Based on a novel by Shin Hasegawa, Nakayama shichiri was already twice filmed in 1930, one version directed by Namio Ochiai, and from which less than 40 minutes survive, the other directed by Kyotaro Namiki. Both are silent films, preserved by the Makino film institute.

Original Title

中山七里

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Actors

八代目 市川雷蔵

中村玉緒

柳永二郎

伊達三郎

大瀬康一

橋幸夫

富田仲次郎

二代目 澤村宗之助

近江輝子

瀧花久子

寺島貢

荒木忍

二代目 市川蝙蝠

尾上栄五郎

Crew

太田誠一

中岡源権

池広一夫

Yukio Kaihara

Masao Uno

武田千吉郎

長谷川伸

塚原晢夫

Masao Matsumura